Jefferson Boy Name

The table below indicates the number of times the name Jefferson has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.

Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Jefferson

Use of the Name Jefferson for Boys During the Last ...

125 Years

50 Years

25 Years

10 Years

5 Years

2 Years

1 Year

16,569

10,370

5,259

2,500

1,277

557

309

The table below indicates the number of times the name Jefferson has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.

Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Jefferson

Used as a Boy Name

Used as a Girl Name

Year

Rank

Count

Rank

Count

1880

255

43

1881

287

31

1882

297

34

1883

291

32

1884

274

39

1885

269

38

1886

296

34

1887

296

32

1888

313

33

1889

269

39

1890

275

39

1891

253

40

1892

291

40

1893

365

25

1894

325

30

1895

351

28

1896

412

23

1897

487

17

1898

313

38

1899

638

11

1900

476

24

1901

354

27

1902

421

24

1903

477

20

1904

473

21

1905

486

22

1906

448

25

1907

400

32

1908

506

25

1909

535

24

1910

577

25

1911

422

47

1912

499

63

1913

445

93

1914

472

106

1915

449

149

1916

548

109

1917

459

153

1918

488

149

1919

493

147

1920

489

153

1921

487

161

1922

493

159

1923

483

159

1924

458

178

1925

511

142

1926

508

142

1927

548

128

1928

591

110

1929

629

95

1930

622

98

1931

572

106

1932

539

119

1933

624

86

1934

581

104

1935

573

103

1936

741

66

1937

702

73

1938

788

61

1939

624

88

1940

582

104

1941

583

103

1942

638

100

1943

635

100

1944

568

116

1945

582

108

1946

595

117

1947

573

139

1948

613

123

1949

581

134

1950

557

147

1951

535

159

1952

565

154

1953

581

153

1954

541

180

1955

521

196

1956

605

156

1957

607

158

1958

556

192

1959

515

233

1960

598

172

1961

534

221

1962

545

212

1963

591

177

1964

549

207

1965

586

169

1966

559

186

1967

518

208

1968

518

214

1969

491

245

1970

486

277

1971

494

266

1972

514

235

1973

462

284

1974

516

233

1975

613

177

1976

587

195

1977

668

160

1978

655

163

1979

644

175

1980

656

175

1981

633

180

1982

688

158

1983

733

139

1984

694

157

1985

681

170

1986

730

153

1987

761

144

1988

721

169

1989

726

185

1990

709

205

1991

678

224

1992

713

209

1993

634

266

1994

693

225

1995

679

241

1996

693

233

1997

683

236

1998

722

227

1999

627

286

2000

716

243

2001

757

225

2002

707

252

2003

730

248

2004

653

309

Totals:

16,569

0

During the last 125 years, parents have used Jefferson as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.